Career Advice Journal

The search for a remote job is not a search for a different way of working. It is a search for a different way of being.

We have to build the technology that connects us, not just isolates us behind more screens. The next decade is going to be a wild ride.

Question the platitudes. Interrogate the assumptions. Be wary of anyone offering a simple, seven-step solution to a complex human problem.

The survival strategy isn’t to learn to code faster than an AI (you won’t) or to write better than a machine (it’s debatable). The survival strategy is to become more human.

Are we on the cusp of a job creation boom not seen since the dawn of the internet itself, or is this just the most elaborate, technically sophisticated game?

If your income is low because you just lost your job, your subsidy could be large. You might find a plan for a fraction of the COBRA cost. You must explore this.

We learn to read between the lines. We treat job ads not as statements of fact, but as the opening move in a very long, very strategic game of chess.

These little things, they’re not really about the things themselves. They are clues that tell a story about your professionalism, your attention to detail.

The interview is the only time you hold any real power. You are a valuable asset they are considering acquiring. Once you sign the contract, that power dynamic flips.

Long-shot jobs? Ambitious titles? Companies I’d never heard of? Apply, apply, apply. It was a way to turn that helpless, angry energy into action, even if it was chaotic.

One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is that remote work is all about productivity. And yeah, I guess it can be. You can get a lot done when there’s no one there to interrupt you.

The truth is hard. Most remote jobs are not fully remote. They are a new model of work. A model of controlled flexibility. It has its benefits. It has its costs.

Your resume isn’t a history of your life. It’s a marketing document. And the product is you—your skills, your accomplishments, your potential.